Network Security Architect Contracts

Network Security Architect
UK

The median Network Security Architect daily rate in the UK is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 490 568 680
Rank change year-on-year +78 +112 +127
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Architect 30 14 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.032% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.035% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 10 19
10th Percentile £610 £474 £560
25th Percentile £675 £613 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £745 £650
Median % change year-on-year +7.38% +14.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £838 £775 £688
90th Percentile - - £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £750 £750 £588
% change year-on-year - +27.66% +7.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 11
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £70.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Network Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Network Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Architect in the UK

Network Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security Architect.

Daily rate trend for Network Security Architect in the UK

Network Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security Architect over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security Architect in the UK

Network Security Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security Architect.

Hourly rate trend for Network Security Architect in the UK

Network Security Architect
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +65 19 £675 -9.70% 292
Work from Home +54 16 £825 +12.24% 163
London +50 16 £675 -9.40% 24
UK excluding London +59 3 £750 - 304
North of England +13 1 £700 -6.67% 71
Midlands - 1 £800 - 60
West Midlands - 1 £800 - 32
Scotland - 1 - - 12
Yorkshire - 1 £700 - 29

Network Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Network Security Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Network Security Architect in the job title.

1 24 (80.00%) Firewall
2 19 (63.33%) DNS
3 18 (60.00%) Fortinet
4 17 (56.67%) Cisco
5 14 (46.67%) Azure
6 13 (43.33%) AWS
6 13 (43.33%) Network Security
7 12 (40.00%) GCP
7 12 (40.00%) Palo Alto
7 12 (40.00%) TCP/IP
7 12 (40.00%) CheckPoint
8 11 (36.67%) OSPF
8 11 (36.67%) BGP
8 11 (36.67%) DHCP
9 10 (33.33%) Terraform
10 9 (30.00%) IaaS
10 9 (30.00%) Test Automation
10 9 (30.00%) SaaS
10 9 (30.00%) PaaS
10 9 (30.00%) Cloud Native
10 9 (30.00%) AWS CloudFormation
10 9 (30.00%) HTTP
10 9 (30.00%) HTTPS
10 9 (30.00%) Sprint Planning
10 9 (30.00%) Infrastructure as Code
10 9 (30.00%) Bicep
11 8 (26.67%) NIST
12 7 (23.33%) Security Architecture
13 6 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
14 5 (16.67%) Network Segmentation

Network Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.67%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (46.67%) Azure
2 13 (43.33%) AWS
3 12 (40.00%) GCP
4 9 (30.00%) AWS CloudFormation
4 9 (30.00%) IaaS
4 9 (30.00%) PaaS
4 9 (30.00%) SaaS
5 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 24 (80.00%) Firewall
2 19 (63.33%) DNS
3 13 (43.33%) Network Security
4 12 (40.00%) TCP/IP
5 11 (36.67%) BGP
5 11 (36.67%) DHCP
5 11 (36.67%) OSPF
6 9 (30.00%) HTTP
6 9 (30.00%) HTTPS
7 5 (16.67%) VPN
8 4 (13.33%) WAN
9 3 (10.00%) SD-WAN
10 2 (6.67%) Radio Access Network
10 2 (6.67%) VLAN
10 2 (6.67%) Wireless
11 1 (3.33%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (3.33%) HSRP
11 1 (3.33%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (3.33%) tcpdump
11 1 (3.33%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.33%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (13.33%) Finance
3 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Banking
4 2 (6.67%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 9 (30.00%) Cloud Native
2 5 (16.67%) Data Centre
3 3 (10.00%) Public Cloud
3 3 (10.00%) Security Posture
4 2 (6.67%) PKI
4 2 (6.67%) SCADA
5 1 (3.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 9 (30.00%) Sprint Planning
1 9 (30.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (23.33%) Security Architecture
3 6 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (16.67%) Network Segmentation
4 5 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 4 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (10.00%) Agile
6 3 (10.00%) Cloud Security
6 3 (10.00%) Migration
6 3 (10.00%) Network Architecture
6 3 (10.00%) Network Design
6 3 (10.00%) Strategic Roadmap
7 2 (6.67%) Data Loss Prevention
7 2 (6.67%) Risk Assessment
7 2 (6.67%) Risk Management
7 2 (6.67%) SIEM
7 2 (6.67%) Technical Architecture
7 2 (6.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) Bicep
2 1 (3.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (6.67%) CCIE
2 2 (6.67%) CISSP
2 2 (6.67%) Degree
3 1 (3.33%) CCIE Security
3 1 (3.33%) CCNA
3 1 (3.33%) CCNP
3 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.33%) OSCP
3 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (26.67%) NIST
2 3 (10.00%) GRC
3 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.67%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.33%) GDPR
4 1 (3.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (33.33%) Terraform
2 1 (3.33%) CASB
2 1 (3.33%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 18 (60.00%) Fortinet
2 17 (56.67%) Cisco
3 12 (40.00%) CheckPoint
3 12 (40.00%) Palo Alto
4 4 (13.33%) AlgoSec
4 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
4 4 (13.33%) Tufin
5 2 (6.67%) Aruba
5 2 (6.67%) Ericsson
5 2 (6.67%) Google
5 2 (6.67%) VMware
6 1 (3.33%) Arista
6 1 (3.33%) Citrix
6 1 (3.33%) F5
6 1 (3.33%) Juniper
6 1 (3.33%) Meraki
6 1 (3.33%) SAP
6 1 (3.33%) Zscaler